Condensed Parent Company Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 707,339	$ 655,338
Prepaid assets and other	36,209	34,400
Total assets	5,230,650	5,562,922
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	225,026	201,717
Other long-term liabilities	38,161	74,594
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 123,627,080 shares issued and 118,576,099 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 125,100,993 shares issued and 119,750,882 shares outstanding at December 31, 2021	125	124
Additional paid-in-capital	1,197,801	1,245,569
Treasury stock, 5,050,981 and 5,350,111 shares, at cost, at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, respectively	(91,106)	(87,004)	$ (81,567)	$ (79,259)
Retained earnings (deficit)	(389,402)	27,937
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(394,514)	(398,653)
Total Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity	322,904	787,973
Total liabilities and equity	5,230,650	5,562,922
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	264,663	394,800
Prepaid assets and other	7	8
Investment in subsidiaries	524,598	773,999
Total assets	789,268	1,168,807
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	43,951	38,338
Long-term debt	447,558	352,206
Other long-term liabilities	(25,145)	(9,710)
Total liabilities	466,364	380,834
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 6)
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 123,627,080 shares issued and 118,576,099 shares outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 125,100,993 shares issued and 119,750,882 shares outstanding at December 31, 2021	125	124
Additional paid-in-capital	1,197,801	1,245,569
Treasury stock, 5,050,981 and 5,350,111 shares, at cost, at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, respectively	(91,106)	(87,004)
Retained earnings (deficit)	(389,402)	27,937
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(394,514)	(398,653)
Total Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity	322,904	787,973
Total liabilities and equity	$ 789,268	$ 1,168,807